# Recipe for Thai Sweet 'n Sour Sauce?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398 "2004-12-06T19:02:10Z")
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### Author:  [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398/1 "2004-12-06T19:02:10Z")
It’s probably not an authentic Thai condiment, but most of the Thai restaurants I’ve been to offer a terrific sauce with the crab rangoon (which I know isn’t authentic). It’s a really thin sauce, pale orange w/ a few flecks of red pepper.
It’s pretty obvious that some kind of vinegar is an ingredient, along with sugar and the pepper. What else? What proportions?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398/2 "2004-12-06T19:11:11Z")
There was a sauce base I used from one of my Thai cookbooks that sounds similar. It was sugar and white vinegar in equal parts, with a pinch of salt. This keeps indefinitely, and you can add hot sauce (Sriracha), chopped peanuts, cilantro, etc. It was usually offered with the barbecued chicken.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398/3 "2004-12-06T19:31:44Z")
You can buy this in most any decent Asian market. Much easier than making it. I forget the usual name, but it will have Chili in the title and usually a picture of some kind of chicken on the outside. I’ll have a look in our cupboard when I get home. It’s in a clear 750 ml or so bottle, so it shouldn’t be hard to find. Goes _great_ on fried chicken, btw.
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### Author:  [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-thai-sweet-n-sour-sauce/278398/4 "2004-12-06T19:44:07Z")
I forgot to mention in my post that you heat the vinegar and sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Then cool and add whatever flavorings you want.